Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful shots, beautiful animal. Why have the numbers declined--hunting or just habitat loss? Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > My trip to the rainforest was primarily to see the Lion-tailed Macaque, a > monkey endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range in > South India, and one of the rarest primates in the world, only an estimated > 3000 or so survive in the wild. Why it ended up being called Lion-tailed > instead of Lion-maned eludes me, because its silver gray mane is far more > spectacular than its admittedly lion like tail. Luckily we got close to a > troop, and they did not seem bothered in the least - this being the > monsoons, the weather and light was fairly miserable, and most shots are at > ISO 800 and above: > > A good scratch: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3583.jpg.html > > An infant: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3525.jpg.html > > On the lookout: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3637.jpg.html > > In the habitat: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4001.jpg.html > > High Key (with the tail) : > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/copy1.jpg.html > > Comments & criticism welcome, as always. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >